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ARM 04, 031 (P338793)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 04, 031 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338793 |
| Museum no. | NMSD — |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Damascus, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Mari (mod. Tell Hariri) |
| Coordinates | 34.5504, 40.8887 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na ia-as2-ma-ah-{d}iszkur | to Yasmaḫ-Addu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma isz-me-{d}da-gan | Thus Išme-Dagan |
| 4 | a-hu-ka-a-ma | your brother |
| 5 | asz-szum 2(disz) i-sza-ta-tim | Because of the 2 išatātum |
| 6 | i-na mu-szi-im ta-asz-szu-u2 | in the night you will take. |
| 7 | as-su2-ri ma-tum ka-lu-sza a-na ne2-eh-ra-ri-<im> i-la-kam | Assur, the land, all of it, will go to the enemy. |
| 8 | tup-pa-tim a-na ma-tim ka-li-sza | Tablets for all the countries |
| 9 | a-na ma-at an-da-ri-ig{ki} | to the land of Andarig |
| 10 | a-di ha-la-as, ha-si2-da-nim | as far as Ḫalaṣ and Hasidanum |
| 11 | a-di ha-la-as, nu-ur2-ru-gi-im{ki} | as far as the districts of Nūr-rugîm, |
| 12 | szu-usz-t,e4-ra-am-ma | write me, and |
| 13 | _lu2-tur-mesz_-ka qa-al-lu-tim | your small children |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [szu]-bi-il | he had carried off. |
| 2 | [um]-ma-mi ka-bi-it-ti | “The wording of the kabittu-festival |
| 3 | na-ak-ri-im a-na sze-eh-t,i3-im | the enemy to the fugitive |
| 4 | a#-na li-ib-bi ma-tim | to the heart of the land |
| 5 | [u2]-s,i2-im-ma# | he brought out, and |
| 6 | [asz]-szum# ki-a-am 2(disz) i-sza-ta-tum | Concerning the two Išatatum |
| 7 | in#-na-sze-e | he shall pay. |
| 8 | mi-im-ma a-na ne2-eh-ra-ri#-im# | everything for the extispicy |
| 9 | la ta-la-ka-nim# | do not go! |
Sources & licences
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